Sir David Hare and Mark Ravenhill say subsidised theatres avoiding experimental work in favour of familiar or feelgood fareWhen the playwright Simon Stephens complained that the recession had made theatre audiences more conservative, it could have been dismissed as sour grapes. The Olivier award-winner's latest play, The Trial of Ubu, had opened to mixed reviews and proved a commercial flop, playing on one snowy Satu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00PM on February 19, 2012